Tag: Rick Roberts

Rick Roberts, Richie Furay, and Jock Bartley are three of our most legendary musicians still living, in Colorado today. They all seem to be staying fairly active. I’ve been enjoying a new album that each of the three of them appear on – along with drummer Patrick Shanahan. Thanks to bassist Mike Gallivan for hipping me to this info: Patrick was in the Soul Survivors, part of the Denver Big 3 with the Moonrakers and Boenzee Cryque. He also played with Rusty Young in a Country Trio when they were in Jr High. After the Soul Survivors, he went to LA with Randy Meisner and Allen Kemp and became Rick Nelson’s Stone Canyon Band.

I know that Richie is finishing up a new solo album as we speak, and there’s been rumors floating around the scene that Rick has been encouraged to step back in behind the mic and give us some new music. I have no doubt Jock will be a part of whatever Rick does next.

The album I’ve been enjoying is The Piedbmont Brothers Band – III. It’s an unusual project in that it’s essentially one guy out of N. Carolina and another from Italy who have teamed up with several notable players to continue the country-rock traditions originated in the 60s by guys like Gram Parsons, Gene Clark, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Poco and others.

Check ’em out … with 5 current or former Coloradoans on board it gets an official Colorado Connection (CC) designation and will get some love on The Colorado Sound…

First things first: Make sure you check out News Notes & Spins – under the charts category … for the Aug Top 40 and more …

Thanks to Andy Rok for making sure I got new Bop Skizzum music to debut exclusively this week. Much love to those folks – the new material sounds great. Also new this week – The Yawpers debut full length. I just received and am looking forward to some other new releases breaking on the show next week – including one from a relatively new artist on the scene who has the support of an all-star lineup of support from some of the the top bands in the state: Keith Moseley, Bill Nershi and Kyle Hollingsworth (The String Cheese Incident), Chris Misner and Tyler Grant (Grant Farm & Drew Emmitt Band), Andy Thorn (Leftover Salmon & Emmitt Nershi Band), Chris Thompson and Stef Briggs (Coral Creek), Joe Lessard (Head for the Hills), and Liza Oxnard (Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Motet) …and new music from a band that Westword’s Dave Herrera had in his HEAVY ROTATION last week – The Royal.

The Playlist

(D) = album debut on show
(N) = new track from previously debuted album

John Denver “Paradise” from Rocky Mountain High (1972)Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Mr. Bojangles” from Mr. Bojangles (1970)Rick Roberts “Glad to be Goin’” from She Is A Song (1973)Joe Cocker “One Word (Peace)” from Hymn For My Soul (2008)
(D) John Oates Band “Sittin’ On Top of the World” from The Bluesville Sessions (2012)
(N) Chris Daniels “Wildcat” from Better Days (2012)
(N) Ending People “Amazing Grace” from Fill Your Lungs (2012)Bad Weather California “When You Smile” from Sunkissed (2012)
(D) Bop Skizzum “Leave It At the Door” from Coloradical (2012)The Knew “Old and Young” from Man Monster (2012)El Toro de la Muerte “Things In My Head” from Dancer These Days (2011)Katie Herzig “Best Day of Your Life” from The Waking Sleep (2011)Jill Sobule “Cinnamon Park” from Underground Victorious (2004)Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra “You Don’t Know What Love Is” from Sharks And Manatees (2012)String Cheese Incident “Outside and Inside” from Outside Inside (2001)Achille Lauro “Lightning” from Flight or Flight (2012)
(D) The Yawpers “All Night Long” from Capon Crusade (2012)Reed Foehl “River Song” from Stoned Beautiful (2007)Churchill “Change” from Change EP (2012)Grant Farm “The Nine Pound Hammer” from Grant Farm (2012)Leftover Salmon “Gulf of Mexico” from Aquatic Hitchhiker (2012)
(N) Jeff Brinkman “Don’t Bring Me Down” from Strange (2012)Coles Whalen “Paper Airplane” from I Wrote This for You (2012)The Apples in Stereo “No One In The World” from Travellers in Space and Time (2010)
(N) SHEL “The Battle of Evermore” from SHEL (2012)The Monocles “The Spider & the Fly” from The Spider & the Fly (1966)Adam Revell & Essence Rider “Quintessence” from Triple Leaf (2010)